National Account Manager; Morrisons

At
Link Snacks
, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into thehard work. Wedon’thide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’reeveryday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgencyaren’tbuzzwords,they’reexpectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not justparticipatein the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar.

As partof the
Link Snacks
global enterprise, our team across EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) is focused on driving the growth of the real meat protein snack category with a strong emphasis on our brands:

J
ack Link’s®,Peperami®, BiFi®, and
Minuets®. Weoperatethrough a network of regional offices and production sites across Europe in Germany,Netherlands and United Kingdom.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team.

A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together.

A teamthat’sfull of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.
Butwe’renot just about snacks;we’redriven by our core values:
Be Real, Relationship Driven, Speed Matters, Stewardship, Self Discipline, Show Awesome Character

Values we bring to life. Every. Single. Day

Make a difference by becoming part of the No. 1proteinsnack manufacturer worldwide as
National Account Manager (Morrisons)at Link Snacks
.
Our spacious and modern HQislocatedinthe vibrant

Amsterdam, and includes a highly international team, with more than 25 different nationalities. Our EMEA team is committed to continuing its impressive EMEA expansion, one bite at a time, and becoming the regional leader in branded protein snacks.
This position is basedin

Richmond andyou will be reporting to the Head of Sales (Grocery).

The National Account Manager (Morrisons) owns the commercial relationship and performance of the Morrisons customer across Core Grocery, Food to Go, E-commerce and Wholesale. The role develops and negotiates agreed customer objectives, applies and safeguards Link Snacks' commercial policy, and delivers measurable qualitative and quantitative goals across net sales, gross margin, trade investment, numeric distribution, sell-through and execution. The role also builds and protects the reputation of Link Snacks and its brands with major retailers while managing the customer portfolio economically and efficiently.

Working closely with Field Sales, Category Management, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain and Customer Service, the National Account Manager converts consumer, shopper and category insights into compelling customer propositions and ensures agreements are executed in full. Success requires strong UK grocery channel / retail knowledge, disciplined P&L ownership, excellent negotiation capability and the agility to grow a developing category within a high-growth business.
Your main responsibilities will include:

1. Customer Strategy, Joint Business Planning & Relationships:

• Develop and execute customer strategies aligned to commercial priorities and brand goals.
• Build joint business plans covering assortment, distribution, pricing, promotion, visibility and innovation.
• Lead business reviews, range reviews, innovation presentations and performance updates.
• Identify growth opportunities across hypermarkets and supermarkets.

2. Commercial Negotiation & Revenue Growth

• Lead annual negotiations and commercial discussions in line…